Kan. Admin. Regs. § 51-9-11 - Transportation to obtain medical treatment
(a) It shall be the duty of the employer to provide
transportation to obtain medical services to and from the home of the injured
employee whether those services are outside the community in which the employee
resides or within the community.
(b) The employer shall reimburse the worker for the reasonable
cost of transportation under the following conditions:
(1) if an injured worker does not have a vehicle or reasonable
access to a vehicle of a family member living in the worker's home; or
(2) if the worker, because of the worker's physical condition,
cannot drive and must therefore hire transportation to obtain medical
treatment.
Reimbursement may include, among other things, reimbursement for the cost of taxi service, other public transportation, and ambulance service, if required by a physician, and for the cost of hiring another individual to drive the worker for medical treatment. Any charges presented to the employer or insurance carrier for payment shall be a fair and reasonable amount based on the customary charges for those services.
(c) If an injured worker drives that worker's own vehicle or
drives, or is driven in, a vehicle of a family member living in the home of the
worker, and if any round trip exceeds five miles, the respondent and insurance
carrier shall reimburse the worker for an amount comparable to the mileage
expenses provided in K.S.A. 44-515.
(d) In any dispute in regard to charges for mileage expenses,
and on application by any party to the proceedings, the reasonable cost of
transportation shall be determined by a hearing before a workers compensation
administrative law judge.
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